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Safeguarding Cultural Heritage:Post-Conflict and Post-Disaster

Strategies for Sustainable Museum Management

UNESCO Training

May 8-13, 2010Kabul, Afghanistan

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Samangan – Takht-i Rostam

Alessandro Califano

UNESCO Training – Session IV

May 9, 2010Kabul, Afghanistan

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Samangan

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Samangan

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Takht-i Rostam – The Setting

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Takht-i Rostam – The Hidden Stupa 1/3

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Takht-i Rostam – The Hidden Stupa 2/3

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Takht-i Rostam – The Hidden Stupa 3/3

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Samangan's Monastery – General View

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Samangan's Monastery – Lower Access

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Samangan's Monastery – Lower Access, Detail

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Samangan's Monastery – Large Hall

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Samangan's Monastery – Large Hall, Roof

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Samangan's Monastery – Monks' Cells

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Samangan's Monastery – Second Corridor

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Samangan's Monastery – Bassin

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Samangan – Credits

All pictures © Alessandro Califano, 2008

Many thanks to People in Need for the assistance provided to me on that occasion.

© Alessandro Califano, 2010